Magdalene Emerson

Female1845–

Brief Life History of Magdalene

Magdalene Emerson was born in 1845, in Texas, United States. She married Benjamin Emerson in 1861, in Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son.

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Benjamin Emerson
1822–1864
Magdalene Emerson
1845–
Marriage: 1861
Levi Willis Emerson
1863–1933

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  • Emerson Family Ancestry File

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  • Marriage
    1861Texas, United States

    • Children (1)

    World Events (8)

    1846

    Age 1

    U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

    1846 · Mexican-American War

    Age 1

    Known in the United States as the Mexican War. President Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna did not officially acknowledge the secession of Texas, and interpreted the US involvement with Texas as an invasion of borders. Mexican forces attacked American forces in an event called the Thornton Affair, prompting President James K. Polk to send a request for war to Congress. The war ended when the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed on February 2, 1848, which required the Mexican Cession of the northern territories and acceptance of the Rio Grande as the southern border of the United States. At the same time, the U.S. committed to pay Mexico $15 million for war damages and assumed roughly $3.25 million of their existing debt.

    1876 · Segregation Laws Are Passed

    Age 31

    A new state constitution was passed in 1876, announcing the segregation of schools.

    Name Meaning

    English: patronymic meaning ‘son of Emery’, or possibly a variant of Emmeson, from the Middle English personal name Emmott + -son, with later shortening of the first element (see Emmett ). See Emery and compare Empson .

    History: The poet and essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) was born in Boston of a line on his father's side that can be traced back through preachers to the first colonial generation. The name Emerson was brought over from England independently by various other people, including a Thomas Emerson who settled at Ipswich, MA, c. 1636.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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